Legatee definition:
The person to whom personal property is gifted pursuant to a will.
As Justice Gilbert of the Supreme Court of Georgia wrote in Yopp:
"[T]he word legatee generally refers to a beneficiary of personal property under a will....
Legatee: Also known as a beneficiary. Person named in a will to receive property. A legatee is a person to whom a legacy is given by a last will and testament.
Legatee
(n) Legatee is the person or legal entity who is the beneficiary named in a deceased's will to receive a gift named in that will as per the terms contained in that will
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Legatee: The recipient of a legacy; an individual who inherits something.
legatee
n. a person or organization receiving a gift or money under the terms of the will of a person who has died.
legatee A person to whom a legacy is given.
letters of administration In probate, the instrument by which a person is empowered to take charge of the property of an intestate, to collect the credits and pay the debts of the estate.
legatee
A person to whom property is bequeathed (q.v.) in a will.
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Legatee
Definition - Noun
: one to whom a legacy is bequeathed
compare devisee heir next of kin successor
Pronunciation"le-g&-'tE ...
legatee
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RESIDUARY LEGATEE. He to whom the residuum of the estate is devised or bequeathed by will. Roper on Leg. Index, h. t.; Powell Mortg. Index, h. t.; 8 Com. Dig. 444.
A person who takes property left to him by will is not an heir but a legatee. The property that the heir receives is his inheritance.
A gift or personal property in a will (to a legatee). A legacy may be: (1) specific (a gift of a specified thing e.g. "my gold wedding ring"); (2) demonstrative (a gift, in its nature general, ...
It belongs to the rule which fixes the rights of devisees or legatees under a will. That rule in whatever form it may be expressed is, without any straining of language, a command of the legislator.
When the estate is short of paying the debts and legacies, and there are general legacies and specific legacies, the rule is that the general legatees must abate proportionally in order to pay the debts; ...
Devisee A person or entity who inherits real estate under the terms of a will. Compare: legatee
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